Building Effective Teams
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Building Effective Teams
Presented By:
528th Medical Detachment (CSC)
RESOURCES
FM 22-51, Leaders Manual for Combat Stress Control
FM 22-100, Military Leadership
FM 22-102, Soldier Team Development
PURPOSE
OBJECTIVES
OUTLINE
How a Leader Defeats Combat Stress
Four Keys to Leading a Team
Three Team Building Stages
Soldier Hurdles and
leader actions at each Stage
Team Building for Families
Summary
How a Leader Defeats Combat Stress
LEADING his/her unit
Building COHESION
Developing CONFIDENCE
TRAINING
Developing PHYSICAL FITNESS
ATTITUDE!
Team Building Stages
1) Formation Stage
2) Enrichment Stage
3) Sustainment Stage
*Combat and Garrison Perspective
Formation Stage
Hurdles
Achieve belonging & acceptance
Settle personal & family issues
Learn about their leaders & peers
Face/survive uncertainties of war
Adjust to home/family separations
Formation Stage
Leader Actions
Calm, Stable Atmosphere
Reception & Orientation
Individual Attention
Assist with Immediate Problems
Buddy System/Mentorship
Provide Vital Safety Tips
Enrichment Stage
Hurdles
Learning who’s in charge
Learning to trust leaders & others
Accepting the way things will be done
Resolve any lingering conflicts
Enrichment Stage
Leader Actions
Train as a Unit to Instill:
Trust
Growth
Clear Lines of Authority
Unit and Individual Goals/Priorities
Discipline
Can-do attitude
Sustainment Stage
Hurdles
Continue to:
function as a team
have trust and confidence in self/others
share ideas and feelings
look out for each other
endure continuous operations
adjust, control, overcome
Sustainment Stage
Leader Actions
Every Task a Team one
Keep Soldiers Productively Busy
Know and Deal with Human Nature
Incentive Program
Team or unit-to-unit competitions
After Action Reviews
Team Building for Families?
Four Keys to Leading
a Team
Right Garrison/War focus
Developing
Individual Leaders
Leadership Teams
Decentralize
Other Family Points
Army first, Families always
Get Army families together
Family Support Groups
Resources available
SUMMARY
All these Stress-Proof Soldiers
Feeling a part of the unit
Confidence/Trust in self, others
Physical, Mental Adjustment
Discipline:
Army vs. Individual
Who’s in Charge
What is Right